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Gun Control & RKBA

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11. They don't like CC because it takes you out of the easy victim pool.

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 08:13 AM

Nov 2015

And without victims their power is eroded.

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The real reason concealed carry is so hated by gun control advocates... [View all] virginia mountainman Nov 2015 OP

I've noticed that seems to be your plan. krispos42 Nov 2015 #4

Gundamentalists? GGJohn Nov 2015 #9

Applying logic... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #10

Because we all know criminals only use guns. ileus Nov 2015 #15

Concealed carry is scary? NutellaBear Nov 2015 #29

If only we could find a way to... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #14

Seems to me a lot of these "criminals" upaloopa Nov 2015 #26

I think bad guys would be fine with that too! NutellaBear Nov 2015 #30

Wrong. GGJohn Nov 2015 #5

No guns, and I'm essentially defenseless against someone I can't outrun. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #12

Martial arts... beevul Nov 2015 #19

That would be karate... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #24

While I don't consider hand-to-hand martial arts a substitute... Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #20

Well, as I said elsewhere in this thread flamin lib Nov 2015 #22

Hoping the SCOTUS does the right thing on that one. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #25

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #31

Come on now, owning a gun makes it 9000 times Kang Colby Nov 2015 #3

did you catch what she was watching on TV? gejohnston Nov 2015 #6

Yup, my wife spotted that the first time we saw those videos. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #7

Only thing is that the vast majority of women who are victims of rape or flamin lib Nov 2015 #18

Yep: it's about 80/20 acquaintance vs stranger in the case of rape. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #21

Well, yeah HassleCat Nov 2015 #27

Better get your argument under cover or the straw will get moldy... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #28